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(ModeL) P. SHEA.

IRONING BOARD GLAMP. No. 246,226. Patented Aug. 23,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

PATRICK SHEA, OF SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MARGARET SHEA, OF SAME PLACE.

lRONlNG-BOARD CLAMP.

SPEGIFICATIOII forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,226, dated August 23, 1881.

Application filedMarchlE), 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, PATRICK SHEA, of South Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Board Clamp, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved device for securing an ironing-board upon and above the top of an ordinary table, also in providing a support for the flat-iron.

The invention consists of a frame composed of two horizontal parallel bars, whose inner ends are respectively secured in the upper and lower edges of a block, which, with the bars, is designed to rest upon the table-top to support the ironing-board, said bars having their outer ends secured in the vertical slot of a head-block that has a flange projecting inward at right angles from each end; and it consists, further, of a flat-iron support or stand pivoted in a central transverse slot in said head-block, and having its pivoted end shaped in such a manner that when the device is in position the act of turning said stand down in a horizontal plane to receive a flat-iron presses the horizontal bars apart, so that the leaf or top of the table will be firmly clamped between the lower bar and the lower head-block flange, and the ironing-board will be firmly clamped between the upper bar and the upper head-block flange, while the reverse motion of the said stand will release the bars from the opposite pressure and nnclamp the device from both table and ironing-board.

Figure l is a partly sectional side elevation of the clamp holding an ironing-board in position on a table on line a: 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top-plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a rectangular block, preferably of wood, of a suitable depth to support the ironing-board B at a convenient distance above the table 0. This block A is centrally mortised, as shown at a. a, in its upper and lower edges, and in these mortises c are secured the ends of the bars D, that are of equal length and extend outward parallel with each other.

E represents the head-block, preferably of metal, having at each end aflange, E, turned inward at right angles, and having a slot, F, extending from one flange, E, to the other, through which the head or outer ends of the bars D are passed, and in which they are secured by means of metallic plates 1), that are fastened on the inner faces of the bars D by screws or pins 0, and that have broad ends turned upward and secured by screws 01 on the ends of said bars D, to form flanges, that prevent said bars D from slipping out of the said head-block E. Said plates 11 also protect the bars D from wear from the elbow-shaped lever G of the flat-iron stand G. Pins 9 passed through the beams I) prevent the headblock E from slipping upon the said bars D.

Centrally through the head-block E, from side to side thereof, is formed avertical slot, f, on a pin, h, in which is pivoted the elbowshaped lever G, that forms part of the flatiron stand G, which stand G is of the usual shape and extends outward laterally from its said lever G. The inner end of the elbow of the lever G is of sufficient length that its heel and toe will press the ends of the bars D apart, and being pivoted between them forces them apart, as shown in Figs. 1. and 3, when the stand G is brought down in a horizontal position.

The device being placed in position, as shown, with the lower flange, E, beneath the edge of the table C, and the lower bar, D, and lower edge of the block A resting on the table-top, and the stand Gr turned up, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, the ironing-board B has its broader end inserted between the upper bar, D, and the upper flange, E. The stand G is then turned down, with the effect of causing the lever G to press the bars D apart in opposite directions, thereby clamping the ironing-clamp to the table 0 and the ironing-board B to the ironing-clamp itself. The position of the stand Cr below the ironing-board B is more convenient for the operator than the position of the ordinary stand set on the ironing-board itself, being out of the way so as not to interfere with the work.

It will be seen that this device can be put in place and removed with perfect ease, no

time being lost in turning screws to fasten or unfasten it, and that all its parts being connected it is more convenient for application and use than if it were in detached parts.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An ironing-board clamp constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of block and attached bars A D, flanged and slotted head-block E, and elbow-lever G, and flat-iron stand G, operated as set forth.

2. The combination, with the niortised block A, the ironing-board B, and the table (J, of the bars D, the slotted head-block E, having a flange, E, at each end, slotted at F and turned inward, the flat-iron stand G, and the lever Gr, pivoted in the slot of said head-block, said lever being adapted, with its heel and toe, to press the ends of the bars D apart when the stand is horizontal, as described.

3. The combination, with the bars D, the slotted head'block, elbow-lever, and flat-iron stand, of the plates 1), fastened on the inner faces of said bars, and having broad ends turned up and fastened on the ends of said bars to prevent said bars from slipping out of the head-block, as described.

PATRICK SHEA.

Witnesses:

NATHANIEL T. HOWARD, GEO. P. VORTHYLAKE. 

